I recently participated in the Friends of Children's Hospital Table Tops Spring Event in St Louis Mo. It was a great experience. Seven hundred people attended this lunch event at the Ritz Carlton in St Louis to raise money for Camp Rhythm, a camp for children who suffer from heart conditions.The creativity used to design the table tops was amazing. The table top creators included designers, shop owners, local magazines, bakeries, candy shops, a shoe shop and, plumbers ( yes, plumbers!) I am already thinking about how I will design my table next year.
The dinnerware I used for my table is from Scalamandre and Lenox. It is a beautiful Chinoiserie toile pattern.
I added silver candlesticks, bowls of fruit and fresh flowers to my design.
I had the table skirt made extra long to give it a ball gown effect. The table is six feet in diameter making the skirt eleven feet across. It was quite a skirt.
My assistant, Elaine Freund, helped set the table.
A local candy shop used colorful Peeps to create their centerpieces!